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Observation Study
An observational study is done by observing individuals and/or measuring a given outcome. In observational studies, no attempt is made by the researchers to intervene or alter the outcome. An example of an observational study is surveying a random group of individuals about what they eat for breakfast and determining if their breakfast habits impacted body weight.
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Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet ...MAR 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
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One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge ...MAR 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Both men and women with no previous history of coronary heart disease present the same symptoms during their first visit ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 25, 2016Immunology
Although plants and humans are plagued by different types of infections, a new study from the Boyce Thompson Institute f ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Although a recent clinical trial had medical professionals worrying about the safety of patients taking incretin-based d ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 25, 2016Videos
Behaviorism is an approach to psychology based on the idea that behavior can be researched as an empirically rigorous sc ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 24, 2016Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o ...MAR 24, 2016Cancer
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A component of the immune system, called the immunoproteasome, is known to be involved in the adaptive immune system, bu ...Written By: Kara Marker
APR 12, 2016
Cardiology
Commonly used antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs, are not associated with an inc
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 07, 2016
Cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in both men and women. With such a high incidence rate and an equal
...
APR 07, 2016
Neuroscience
The brain is an incredibly complex system of neurons, synapses and blood flow. It controls all the functions of the body
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 05, 2016
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, currently affecting 5.5 million people in the U.S. T
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A recent study found that treating osteoporosis brought on by hyperparathyroidism with conventional drugs could actually
...
APR 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
In an effort to understand how HIV evolves resistance to drugs, scientists have found that it may be possible to steer t
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 05, 2016
Neuroscience
Exercise! Get on up, get to the gym, go to a Zumba class or just go for a walk but make sure you exercise. It’s no
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
NFL players risk their health every time they play a game - especially if it’s cold outside. New rese
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 30, 2016
Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb”
...
MAR 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The Cassini spacecraft has observed geysers erupting on Saturn’s moon Enceladus since 2005, but the process that d
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 29, 2016
Cancer
When cells migrate, they sometimes have to squeeze themselves through tiny openings. The mechanical stress of this can r
...
MAR 28, 2016
Cardiology
It may be hard to believe, but fruit flies have surprisingly similar sleeping habits to humans. To determine the relatio
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 28, 2016
Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet
...
MAR 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
As astronomers gaze into the distance, they sometimes get a chance to observe interesting things as they happen. One of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro-RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi
...
MAR 26, 2016
Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge
...
MAR 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Both men and women with no previous history of coronary heart disease present the same symptoms during their first visit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 25, 2016
Immunology
Although plants and humans are plagued by different types of infections, a new study from the Boyce Thompson Institute f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Although a recent clinical trial had medical professionals worrying about the safety of patients taking incretin-based d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 25, 2016
Videos
Behaviorism is an approach to psychology based on the idea that behavior can be researched as an empirically rigorous sc
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o
...
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
There’s a new gene player in breast cancer, and it’s called GT198. Already known to be mutated in early onse
...
MAR 24, 2016
Videos
In cancer treatment, there is often more than one treatment or drug being given. The name of the game is to kill cancer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2016
Immunology
A component of the immune system, called the immunoproteasome, is known to be involved in the adaptive immune system, bu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker